Diastole

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diastole \Di*as"to*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put asunder,
     to separate; dia` through + ? to set, to place.]
     1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the
        heart and arteries; -- correlative to {systole}, or
        contraction.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is
        made long.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diastole
       n : the widening of the chambers of the heart between two
           contractions when the chambers fill with blood

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "diastole":
     arsis, beat, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, bout,
     circle, circuit, course, cycle, dilatation, dilation, distension,
     downbeat, dropsy, edema, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, gassiness,
     inflation, intumescence, meteorism, puff, puffiness, puffing,
     pulse, revolution, rotation, round, series, spell, stretching,
     swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, systole, thesis,
     tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, turgescence,
     turgidity, turgidness, turn, tympanism, tympany, upbeat, wheel,
     windiness